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The young will often times "reinvent the wheel" not knowing that not only does the concept of a wheel exist, but many wheels before them have been manufactured.
by wavefunction 11y ago
The young will often times "reinvent the wheel" not knowing that not only does the concept of a wheel exist, but many wheels before them have been manufactured.
I know I have done this and as I have gotten to middle age I have seen younger developers do this as well.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoWheel reinvention is often futile but sometimes leads to brilliant new inventions. Also, their is an old adage about young scientists sometimes making major discoveries because they don't yet know what is impossible.